419 scam: "Carman L. Lapointe - Head, United Nations Under-Secretary General For Internal Oversight Services"<CLLapointe@earthlink.net> Re: Unpaid Beneficiary List 1st Quarter 2015 ..

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "clearance fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- clapointe@mynet.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Carman L. Lapointe - Head, United Nations Under-Secretary General For Internal Oversight Services" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <c.lapointe@mynet.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 10:42:55 -0400
Subject: Re: Unpaid Beneficiary List 1st Quarter 2015 ..

From: Ms. Carman L. Lapointe
Head, United Nations Under-Secretary General For Internal Oversight Services

To: Unpaid Beneficiary,

This is to inform you that I arrived Nigeria yesterday from Canada, after series of complaint from the FBI and other security agencies and commissions in Asia, Europe, South America and the United States of America respectively, cited against some West African countries, the Federal Government of Nigeria and the British Government due to high volume of fraudulent activities on-going in these countries.

For more information about me, click on the link below or copy and paste the weblink into your web browser.

http://www.un.org/Depts/oios/pages/usg.html

Following the directives issued by the UN secretary General Ban Ki-Moon - we are working in collaborations with the Nigerian Financial Crimes Commission and we have decided to waive away all your clearance fees/charges with a standing order authorizing the paying bank to effect your payment sum of $10,500,000.00 into your account with immediate effect approved by the Canadian government and supported by the UNITED NATIONS.

As a listed beneficiary on file, the only fee you will pay to receive your fund is a Notarization Fee. Upon your consent, I shall send you the payment instruction and information you will need in paying the Notarization Fee.

You are quite a lucky person for I recently discovered that some corrupt Nigerian and Canadian Government Officials are interested in your entitlement and they are working in collaboration with one Mr. Richard Graves from Chicago, Illinois - USA to frustrate and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account.

I have very limited time to stay here in Nigeria, therefore I would like you to respond timely to this correspondence, reconfirm your full names, current residence address, direct phone number, so that I can give detailed instruction and advise on how to get your entitlement paid into your account within the next 72 hours.

Once again, the only fee you will pay to receive your entitlement is a token Notarization Fee.

For additional information and enquiry, feel free to contact me on -
Email Address: CLAPOINTE@MYNET.COM

Sincerely yours,

Ms. Carman L. Lapointe
Head, United Nations Under-Secretary General For Internal Oversight Services

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